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THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



April 10, 1885,* Mr. Edward Sturtevant has taken them at Cor- 

 morant Rock, on the following dates, November 4, 1898, March 

 10 and April 24, 1899. Lt. Robinson writes that he observed 

 this species frequently between 1888 and 1890 at Newport, and 

 gives many dates of birds observed and taken between Septem- 

 ber 29 and June 3. Undoubtedly the small colony of about fifty 

 to seventy-five birds that winter regularly about Cormorant Rock 

 are P. carbo, no specimens of P. dilophus having ever been taken 

 during the mid-winter months. 



(See Cormorant Rock). 



September 29 to June 3. 



(30) 120. Phalacrocorax dilophus (Swain.). DOUBLE- 

 CRESTED CORMORANT. Shag. " Taunton Turkey" " Taunton 

 Shag? A common fall and spring migrant. This species 

 migrates like the preceding up and down the Sakonnet and Middle 

 passages of Narragansett Bay to the Taunton and other rivers 

 where they spend the days feeding. Mr. Newton Dexter writes 

 that they sometimes migrate overland. (See Migration). A 

 single bird, probably of this species rather than the preceding, 

 was seen by Mr. Sturtevant flying east on August 9, 1899, over 

 Brenton's Reef. 



September 16 to November. April 22 to May 16. 



(31) 129. Merganser americanus (Cass.). AMERICAN 

 MERGANSER. Goosander. Buff-breasted Merganser. An un- 

 common winter visitant, principally to the rivers and inland 

 ponds. Col. J. H. Powell writes that he has taken only two near 

 Newport, but that they are common in the Taunton River. 



(November) to (March). 



(32) 13*0. Merganser serrator (Linn.). RED-BREASTEI> 

 MERGANSER. Sheldrake. Common Sheldrake. A common win- 

 ter resident along the coast, and in Narragansett Bay, often 

 abundant outside on migrations. The birds are generally found 

 near the rocky shores and cliffs, upon which they are often 



1 Ran. Notes, Vol. II, No. 3, page 23. 



